Press-Enterprise (blog) REDLANDS: Emotions run high at Brookside Avenue post office meetingPress-Enterprise (blog)Brookside Avenue post office (File Photo). The distinct possibility that the U.S. Postal Service will close the post office on Brookside Avenue in Redlands has left many community members angry. They expressed their feelings – sometimes loudly – …
Read More »Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps – Houston Chronicle
Heritage.org (blog) Senate rejects bid to let states run food stampsHouston ChronicleWASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered by the …Senate …
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A suspicious suitcase left at the Centralia Post Office Tuesday was deemed safe by the Washington State Patrol bomb squad. More: continued here
Read More »Bidder won’t pay for Hoffman card – FOXSports.com
Bidder won't pay for Hoffman cardFOXSports.comIf 7-year-old cancer patient Jack Hoffman captured the nation's hearts by running for a 69-yard touchdown in Nebraska's spring game, then the eBay bidder who won a signed Hoffman trading card for $6,100 and refused to pay sickened our stomachs. More: continued here
Read More »Food Stamp Cuts Feared By Veterans – Huffington Post
Food Stamp Cuts Feared By VeteransHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Veterans have a reminder for the Senate as it takes up plans to cut food stamps by $4.1 billion this week: The aid has been — and still is — vital to people who served their country. For Iraq veteran Don Martinez, …
Read More »Donnelly wants farm bill, food stamps kept together – Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Donnelly wants farm bill, food stamps kept togetherFort Wayne Journal GazetteFunding for food stamps has overshadowed agriculture policy in congressional debate about a five-year farm bill. The Senate this week rejected farm-bill amendments to cancel food-stamp spending reductions, make greater spending cuts and turn the … More: continued here
Read More »Senate rejects farm bill amendments aimed at changing cuts to food stamps – The Hill (blog)
Senate rejects farm bill amendments aimed at changing cuts to food stampsThe Hill (blog)The Senate rejected two amendments to the farm bill Tuesday that would have changed the $4 billion-worth of cuts to food stamps. Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment that would have cut at least an additional …
Read More »Ring the Dinner Bell With Martha Stamps to Benefit BELL Garden – Nashville Scene
Ring the Dinner Bell With Martha Stamps to Benefit BELL GardenNashville SceneThe event starts off with a wine tasting by Red Spirits and Wine at their store at 7066 Highway 70 S. in Bellevue and is followed by a dinner specially prepared by chef Martha Stamps— a very active advocate …
Read More »Sunderland Post Office workers hold further strikes
CUSTOMERS will face further disruption at Sunderland’s city-centre post office when staff go on strike next week. More: continued here
Read More »Startup News: BitPay Raises Real Money from Founders Fund and eBay Wants … – Betabeat
Startup News: BitPay Raises Real Money from Founders Fund and eBay Wants …BetabeateBay gets Friendly again eBay has officially opened applications for their Friends of eBay co-working space. The initiative provides free office space and resources at the company's Chelsea office, with a May 27th deadline for applying. After initial …
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